Obituaries
Jody Evans
Nov 20, 2010
Jody Ellen Evans, 50 of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, November 21, 2010 at Centerpoint Medical Center. Cremation is planned with a memorial service to be held at 6:00 p.m., Wednesday evening, November 24, 2010 at the Trinity Presbyterian Church. Jody was born January 3, 1960 in Canton, Ohio to Gerald and Barbara (Ross) Lang. She spent her early life...
Kay Mueller
Nov 20, 2010
Kay Mueller, 67, of Leawood, KS passed away Saturday, November 20, 2010 at her home after a valiant nineteen year struggle with breast cancer. Visitation will be 6-8:00 p.m. Friday, November 26, 2010 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. A private memorial for Kay’s family to celebrate her life is planned. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Susan...
Keith Mccormick
Nov 19, 2010
Keith John McCormick, 85, Independence, MO passed away Friday, November 19, 2010. A combined funeral service with Eullaine McCormick will be at 1:30 pm Sunday, November 28, 2010 at Speaks Suburban Chapel; 18020 E. 39th St. Independence, MO. Visitation will be from 12:00-1:30 pm Sunday at the funeral home. Memorial contributions are suggested to the American Diabetes Association. Keith was...
Betty Gorsic
Nov 19, 2010
Betty Jean Gorsic, 79, Independence, MO passed away Friday, November 19, 2010. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. Betty was born March 22, 1931 in Kansas City, KS the daughter of Dave and Florence Milliner. She retired from Stuart Hall Paper Company. Betty enjoyed cooking and loved spending time with her family. She was preceded...
Rose Barham
Nov 18, 2010
Rose (Wiley) McKinley Barham, 63, passed away November 18, 2010 at Centerpoint Medical Center after a courageous battle with COPD, lung, heart and fibromyalgia. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St. Independence, MO. Burial to follow at Oak Ridge Memory Garden. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm, Monday...
Lowell Bebout
Nov 18, 2010
Lowell Kenneth BeBout, 90 of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, November 18, 2010 at the Golden Living Center. Services will be 2:00 p.m., Wednesday, November 24, 2010 at the Carson-Speaks Chapel. Burial with full military honors will be in Mt. Washington Cemetery. The family will greet friends from 1:00 p.m., until service time Wednesday at the chapel. Donations may be...
Charles Mcallister
Nov 18, 2010
Charles R. McAllister, 79, of Independence, MO passed away Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Blue Hills Living Center. Services will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 23, 2010 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service from 9-10:00 a.m. Burial in Mound Grove Cemetery. Charles was born May 25, 1931 in Maxwell, IA...
Roberta Burner
Nov 18, 2010
Roberta Maxon Burner, 98, departed this life on November 18, 2010, in Lee’s Summit, Mo. She was born near Ludlow, MO on May 16, 1912, the daughter of Robert and Cassie (Stone) Bryan. She was preceded in death by a brother, Neil Bryan, a sister Ruth Edie, and niece Rita Edie. Her first husband Wallace Maxon died in 1983, her...
Autumn Mcconnell
Nov 18, 2010
Autumn R. McConnell, 5 months old, passed away November 18, 2010 at Centerpoint Medical Center. A memorial visitation will be held from 5:30 p.m.-7:00 p.m. followed by a 7:00 p.m. memorial service on Wednesday, November 24, at the Church of Jesus Christ Missionary Restoration Branch, 3415 Elsea Smith Rd., Buckner, MO. Autumn was born June 7, 2010 in Independence, MO....
Donald Gerdts, Sr.
Nov 17, 2010
Donald Eugene Gerdts SR, 70, of Grain Valley, MO died unexpectedly November 17th 2010. A memorial visitation will be held from 6-8:00 p.m. on Friday, November 19, at the Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th St., Independence, MO. A memorial service will take place at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, November 20, at the Suburban Chapel. In lieu of flowers, contributions...
Mary Dyer
Nov 17, 2010
Mary Kelley Dyer, 99, Ellisville, MO, formerly of Kansas City, MO, passed away November 17, 2010. Services will be held at 10 am, Tuesday, Nov 23, 2010 at Community Christian Church, 4601 Main, Kansas City, MO 64112. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service time at the church. Graveside services will be at 2:00 pm, Tuesday at Highland...
Don Barham
Nov 17, 2010
Don Richardson Barham, Commander, USNR (Ret.) 87, Independence, MO passed away Wednesday, November 17, 2010. Memorial Services will be at 2:00 pm Saturday, November 20, 2010 at the First Presbyterian Church, 118 S. Pleasant, Independence, MO. Visitation will be from 1:00-2:00 pm at the church. Memorial contributions are suggested to the First Presbyterian Church or the Shriners Hospital for Children....
Ada Betts
Nov 16, 2010
Ada M. Betts, 93, of Independence, MO, was greeted by the heavenly hosts in full chorus on November 16, 2010. Ada was born on June 22, 1917 in Chicago, IL to parents Myrtle Faye and George Alexander Phillips. The family moved to the Independence, Missouri area when Ada was a toddler. Ada was preceded in death by her parents, her...
Claudia Koenig
Nov 16, 2010
Claudia L. Koenig, 70, of Kansas City, MO passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Kansas City Hospice House. Visitation will be 2-4:00 p.m. Sunday, November 21, 2010 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Cremation to follow. Private inurnment in Mt. Washington Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Kansas City Hospice. Claudia was born April 9, 1940 in...
Orville Jenkins
Nov 16, 2010
Orville Jack Jenkins, 80, Gravois Mills, MO passed away Tuesday, November 16, 2010 at Laurie Care Center. Funeral services will be at 10:00 am Friday, November 19, 2010 at Carson-Speaks Chapel, 1501 W. Lexington Ave. Independence, MO. Burial to follow at Mt. Olivet Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6:00-8:00 pm Thursday at the funeral home. Jack was born January 11,...
Eugene Calvert
Nov 16, 2010
Eugene Calvert, 88, of Independence, MO passed away November 16, 2010 at Centerpoint Medical Center. He was born April 1, 1922 in Kansas City, MO to Albert and Gladys Calvert. He honorably served in the U.S. Army through WWII and Korea. Eugene worked for 30 years as a district production manager for R.L. Polk and Company in the City Directory...
Emogene Minor
Nov 15, 2010
Emogene Letha Minor, 91, Overland Park, KS. Emmy passed away Monday, November 15, 2010. Graveside services will be 1:30 pm Friday, November 19, 2010 at Sunset Hill Cemetery, Warrensburg, MO. Emmy was born on February 14, 1919 in Edwards, MO, the daughter of James Manford and Maggie Gertrude (Balke) Carpenter. She was a 50 year member of the Budd Park...
William Bailey Jr
Nov 14, 2010
William E. “Bill” Bailey, 58, Blue Springs, MO, died unexpectedly Nov. 14, 2010. Services will be 10 am, Wed. Nov. 17 at Speaks Suburban Chapel, 18020 E. 39th Street, Independence, MO. Visitation will be 6-8 pm, Tuesday at the funeral home. Graveside services will be at 2 pm, Thursday at the Bernie Cemetery in Bernie, MO. Bill was born May...
Doris Swarm
Nov 14, 2010
Doris Jean Swarm, 83, of Independence, MO passed away on Sunday, November 14, 2010. Services will be 2:30 p.m. Thursday, November 18, 2010 at Speaks Suburban Chapel. Visitation will be prior to the service from 2-2:30 p.m. Private burial in Floral Hills Cemetery. Doris was born August 16, 1927 in Kansas City, MO to Merle and Grace (Rainwater) Sullenger. She...
Betty Gomez
Nov 13, 2010
Betty J. Gomez, 82, of Independence, MO passed away Saturday, November 13, 2010 at her home. Betty was born February 2, 1928 in Dillon, KS, the seventh daughter to Alpha A. and Eugene B. Maddux. She married Gene Dabbs in 1946 and to this union one daughter, Barbara, was born. She then married Augustine Gomez in 1971. Betty was preceded...
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